After back-to-back losses at Virginia and Boston College, the Hurricanes knew they had massive issues to fix, but they were still alive in the race for the ACC’s Coastal Division crown and were playing a Duke Blue Devils team that hadn’t beaten the Hurricanes in Miami since 1976.

It took all of two plays for the Hurricanes to know they were likely in for another long night. On Duke’s first play from scrimmage, Duke’s Deon Jackson broke through the Miami defense, scored on a 75-yard touchdown run and the Hurricanes found themselves in a hole even before most of their fans had finished filing into Hard Rock.

Things wouldn’t get any better after that, with a driving rain storm making an ugly night even uglier for the Hurricanes, who again, couldn’t score.